Crocodylian Forelimb Musculature and Its Relevance to Archosauria

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 891-916

  Meers, Mason B ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Antebrachium; Archosauria; Brachium; Crocodilian; Crocodylia; Evolution; Forelimb; Manus; Myology

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ARCHOSAURIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 0142011480     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.10097     Document Type: Article

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